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because they keep talking about doing the big deal. so the public is blaming the white house less and blaming republicans and congress. but that doesn't get anybody anywhere. they still have to figure out a package. we're no closer at this moment. >> are all the problems we had last week, week before, yesterday, four hours ago, we still have all those problems? we're just talking about another maneuver and push it down to road. >> what's fascinating is i continue to hear these outsiders who don't work in washington describe this as washington as it works. there's always a mess in washington and they come together at the end. it's a normal washington process. and i'm talking to a lot of old washington hands who have been here for decades and they are calling this one as abnormal washington process. the difference with this one is that there are these new freshmen in the house of representatives that don't care about getting re-elected. you cannot sweeten this deal. you cannot win them over by adding something to the vote, really. and th
because they keep talking about doing the big deal. so the public is blaming the white house less and blaming republicans and congress. but that doesn't get anybody anywhere. they still have to figure out a package. we're no closer at this moment. >> are all the problems we had last week, week before, yesterday, four hours ago, we still have all those problems? we're just talking about another maneuver and push it down to road. >> what's fascinating is i continue to hear these...
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has a very big funding problem. this new consumer protection agency is not there yet and as long as the president comes out and fights on the grounds he laid out today, he'll win. >> i want to talk about the work of the agency itself. how much do consumers need this? we're not just talking about credit cards and mortgages and -- we're talking about unfair practices that consumers aren't even aware of. it's inside baseball. not reading the fine print. >> i don't think it's inside baseball, i don't know about you, but the last time i got clarification of credit card terms, a little document, but it was like concertina. i don't have the eyesight to read that level of fine print. >> personally, in the middle of a refi, and the person on the other end, she may have been speaking a foreign language. all of these people don't know the parameters. most people aren't that abreast of it. >> know before you owe is one of the agency's landmark items right now, and a very good initiati initiative, and legitimate, honest people i
has a very big funding problem. this new consumer protection agency is not there yet and as long as the president comes out and fights on the grounds he laid out today, he'll win. >> i want to talk about the work of the agency itself. how much do consumers need this? we're not just talking about credit cards and mortgages and -- we're talking about unfair practices that consumers aren't even aware of. it's inside baseball. not reading the fine print. >> i don't think it's inside...
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a big problem. they're now scrambling to rewrite the bill and it is unclear what will really happen. they were spending all day today trying to sell the bill to their members, gloria. not rewrite it'll. >> so what happens? we weren't sure he had the votes before to pass it in the house. now it looks even less likely, right? >> definitely seems like more problem, more headaches added to the speaker's plate. unclear. what we were told as this was happening, they were aiming for a vote tofmorrow. unclear. definitely, very easy to understand that it would be even a bigger problem selling this to house conservative who's were already complaining that this bill didn't go far enough. >> and clearly, kate, the speaker does not want to lose. so thank you very much. and stay on top of that story. it is important. meanwhile tonight, we're getting some mixed messages out of the white house, too. just a short time ago on cnn, white house communications director dan pfeiffer told jessica yellin that president oba
a big problem. they're now scrambling to rewrite the bill and it is unclear what will really happen. they were spending all day today trying to sell the bill to their members, gloria. not rewrite it'll. >> so what happens? we weren't sure he had the votes before to pass it in the house. now it looks even less likely, right? >> definitely seems like more problem, more headaches added to the speaker's plate. unclear. what we were told as this was happening, they were aiming for a vote...
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these cuts are big. they are really big and so it wouldn't be on this scale at all. >> okay. so, jessica listen. time is running out here in the u.s. if we default on the august 2nd deadline, if we don't come up with it to raise the debt ceiling, what realistically can lawmakers pass in this time? not a lot of time left. >> the likely option, the reid/mcconnell plan, being worked out in the u.s. senate right now, it will have to -- it's nobody's ideal option. it's not even necessarily going to please some of these ratings agencies that grade our credit. but it will get the debt ceiling raised and could get done in the amount of time we have left and that seems like the final fallback position for everybody. >> all right. gloria, the final word here. >> well, just to follow up on what jess is saying, i was talking to a senior republican today who described this backup plan as kind of the break glass kit, when have you an emergency, you go and break the glass, you pull it out, and you have something there to put out the fire. and i think they'll have to break the glass. >> glor
these cuts are big. they are really big and so it wouldn't be on this scale at all. >> okay. so, jessica listen. time is running out here in the u.s. if we default on the august 2nd deadline, if we don't come up with it to raise the debt ceiling, what realistically can lawmakers pass in this time? not a lot of time left. >> the likely option, the reid/mcconnell plan, being worked out in the u.s. senate right now, it will have to -- it's nobody's ideal option. it's not even...
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. >> reporter: let's not mix a lot of different things into one big pot. the poll you referred to was a poll that was done the day after dominique strauss-kahn's arrest. it was a poll that was faultily done. it was declared illegal and done as people were still trying to adjust and absorb the reality that one of the most powerful men in the world who could have been president could have committed such a crime as he was about to announce his nomination. so, i disregard the importance of that poll that said early on that a majority of the french thought that he might have been the victim of a plot. as for france having different sexual morays, seduction is not criminality, seduction is playful, should be enjoyable. committing a violent crime against a woman which was what was alleged to have happened is appalling for any french person. and so one has to make that distinction. what is the bridge between seduction and a violent crime is the potential abuse of power which is -- which is also something that is endemic in french life. >> you make a point that's w
. >> reporter: let's not mix a lot of different things into one big pot. the poll you referred to was a poll that was done the day after dominique strauss-kahn's arrest. it was a poll that was faultily done. it was declared illegal and done as people were still trying to adjust and absorb the reality that one of the most powerful men in the world who could have been president could have committed such a crime as he was about to announce his nomination. so, i disregard the importance of...
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and of course, these are very big boots to step into. and i have to say, from what i'd heard, it's no surprise that james murdock has not, it would seem, been fully equal to the task. though i think one has to be cautious and say it will be some time before we know the full story here as to what he knew and didn't know and what he did and didn't do. >> james murdock seemed to be the real champion of this giant deal over there for bskyb. and his father seems to be the one who say, no, we're not going to do that right now, we can't do it. is this deal to quote "the princess bride" all dead or only mostly dead? >> well, the deal, had it not been sunk as i think it has been by the scandal, would have been very good indeed. this british sky broadcasting has revenues of something over 6 million pounds, i believe. that may be dollars. in any event, a year, of which the profit is close to 1 billion pounds or dollars. it's an awful lot of money. compare that with the newspapers here that he owns which, you know, it's nickels and dimes. so the rea
and of course, these are very big boots to step into. and i have to say, from what i'd heard, it's no surprise that james murdock has not, it would seem, been fully equal to the task. though i think one has to be cautious and say it will be some time before we know the full story here as to what he knew and didn't know and what he did and didn't do. >> james murdock seemed to be the real champion of this giant deal over there for bskyb. and his father seems to be the one who say, no,...
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i thought it was a big mistake. on the other hand, i have to say distilling it down, we listen to the shrill conversation. a definite sense that despite it all, the system has worked. hard to say after this week. somehow the system worked. thank you for joining us. up next, leadership in washington. it's as rare as intelligent conversation from cable television. or when you're distracted? when you're falling asleep at the wheel? do you know how you'll react? lexus can now precisely test the most unpredictable variable in a car -- the driver. when you pursue perfection, you don't just engineer the world's most advanced driving simulator. you engineer amazing. ♪ you engineer amazing. woman: saving for our child's college fund was getting man: yes it was. so to save some money, we taught our 5 year old how to dunk. woman: scholarship! woman: honey go get him. anncr: there's an easier way to save. get online. go to geico.com. get a quote. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more on car insurance. >>> we avoided total ban
i thought it was a big mistake. on the other hand, i have to say distilling it down, we listen to the shrill conversation. a definite sense that despite it all, the system has worked. hard to say after this week. somehow the system worked. thank you for joining us. up next, leadership in washington. it's as rare as intelligent conversation from cable television. or when you're distracted? when you're falling asleep at the wheel? do you know how you'll react? lexus can now precisely test the...
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i do not think they can get the big mega deal the president is talking about. i think they are going to have a hard time getting a mid sized deal. i think they can come up with a short term, interim package in which it requires some compromise by democrats and republicans. but the president has to compromise too. if the choice is between a default and a short term deal, there's no question he ought to go for the short term deal. >> i'm not sure these guys can figure out how to pay a parking ticket. james, you are the brilliant strategist here. one of my concerns out, and you tell me if i'm crazy. it seems to me like both sides are banking on winning, that they're going to be able to prove to everybody that they really were willing to do something and it was the other side that kept it from going forward, that they're going to win with their base. >> as far as david and senator simpson did a good job. they were calling for one-third in tax increases. what the republicans turned out and the president was talking about something between 20 and 25%. they couldn't e
i do not think they can get the big mega deal the president is talking about. i think they are going to have a hard time getting a mid sized deal. i think they can come up with a short term, interim package in which it requires some compromise by democrats and republicans. but the president has to compromise too. if the choice is between a default and a short term deal, there's no question he ought to go for the short term deal. >> i'm not sure these guys can figure out how to pay a...
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i think that was a big piece of it. and i think it's additionally our ambivalence about being mothers, which is normal, that all women have some feelings of, you know, i wish i could go to a bar, i wish i didn't have to deal with this. so seeing those pictures of her return to her partying state stirred in us those ambivalent feelings we have as mothers that of course we're not going to act on but reminded us that we had those feelings. >> is that perhaps why it was so hard to get a conviction? that first notion you raised, which is mothers are so different, they nurture, they take care, they protect. >> yes. >> since there was no clear motive given, the notion that anybody, no matter how dark her character was at the end of -- the portrayal in this trial, somehow the jury couldn't get its arms around the fact she might have done this. >> i think the wish for there to be disbelief that a mother could be capable of that is there. and so if any window is opened, a juror may potentially take it. i think in addition, when y
i think that was a big piece of it. and i think it's additionally our ambivalence about being mothers, which is normal, that all women have some feelings of, you know, i wish i could go to a bar, i wish i didn't have to deal with this. so seeing those pictures of her return to her partying state stirred in us those ambivalent feelings we have as mothers that of course we're not going to act on but reminded us that we had those feelings. >> is that perhaps why it was so hard to get a...